UCL1684:: a potent blocker of Ca2+-activated K+ channels in rat adrenal chromaffin cells in culture

被引:27
作者
Dunn, PM [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ London Univ Coll, Dept Pharmacol, London WC1E 6BT, England
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
K+ channel; Ca2+-activated; apamin; chromaffin cell; UCL; 1684;
D O I
10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00029-1
中图分类号
R9 [药学];
学科分类号
1007 ;
摘要
The novel K+ channel blocker 6,10-diaza-3(1,3)8,(1,4)-dibenzena-1,5(1,4)-diquinolinacyclodecaphane (UCL 1684) has been tested for its ability to inhibit Ca2+-activated K+ currents in cultured rat chromaffin cells. Low nanomolar concentrations of UCL 1684 produced a rapid and reversible inhibition of the slow, apamin-sensitive, tail current activated by a depolarizing voltage command. This compound also inhibited the muscarine activated outward current with an IC50 of 6 nM. These results confirm UCL 1684 to be the most potent non-peptidic blocker of the apamin-sensitive Ca2+-activated K+ channel so far described. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:119 / 123
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